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Artist unknown :Ein Bewohner der Insel Nukahiva. Siebentes Kupfer. Frankfurt am Main, Friedrich Wilmans, 1812
- Date
- 1804
- Reference
- PUBL-0184-07
- Description
A Marquesan man, shown full length, standing, a spear in his right hand, a fan in his left. He is wearing a loincloth and is tattooed from head to foot He has a short beard, wears ear ornaments and wears his hair in two cones at the top of his head, with a shaved or bald patch in the centre.
Held in the New Zealand and Pacific book collection at 910.4/p/LAN/1812
Other Titles - An inhabintant of the Island of Nukahiva [translation]
Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).
Physical Description: Engraving, 213 x 172 mm
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- 1 b&w art print(s), Works of art, Engravings, Portraits, Albums, Engraving, 213 x 172 mm
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Artist unknown :Ein Bewohner der Insel Nukahiva. Siebentes Kupfer. Frankfurt am Main, Friedrich Wilmans, 1812. Langsdorff, Georg Heinrich von, 1774-1852 :Bemerkungen auf einer Reise um die Welt in den Jahren 1803 bis 1807. Frankfurt, Friedrich Wilmans, 1812-1814. Ref: PUBL-0184-07. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22811056More information can be found in our terms of use.